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Longer hair (my wife's choice, though short now?!!), tan complexion, heart rate at 58 BPM. I live in shorts, a t-shirt, and slaps, and drive a 1989 red Toyota 4runner w/top removed, most of the year, and filled with beach sand. Usually loaded with surfboards or windsurfing gear in the back.

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Bill's OBX Beach Life

This is a diary of living on the Outer Banks for a 40-something year old ocean sports enthusiast who works from home as a software engineer and windsurfs, surfs, and enjoys the beauty of these islands when "off the clock!"

2011-08-22

Lake Atlantic, The End is Near?!

Tropical season appears to be kicking into gear here on the OBX! All the surf forecasts for this coming week model solid SE swell building throughout the period with peak hitting over the coming weekend. Long swell periods averaging 11 to 12 seconds should provide some some fun surf conditions! Granted the weekend looks like perhaps an impact or close brush by with TS force winds and nasty weather. Its a gamble at this point; however the lead up and follow through should provide for some hopefully excellent surf! Thursday is the day I am eying with solid swell and SE low to mid teen wind..., perfect for the Sealion! Of course the weekend is a gamble but the regular wave gear will likely get a workout, perhaps at the Cove, or a Coquina?!

We are definitely all "greeen" here on the OBX with "Lake Atlantic" basically all summer, but now the page will hopefully turn as we approach peak Tropical season!?! The AWT Hatteras Wave Jam is only a 3 weeks away, and wave training thus far has been minimal. Its time to gear up and dial in!!